Month: June 2017
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EFCC Drags Bank Manager, Four Others To Court Over 55.8Million Fraud
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday dragged former manager, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Benin branch, Florence Onome Odior before Benin High court for allegedly defrauding one Moses Obozohae, a customer of N55.840.000.00 Florence Odior and four others are facing 16 count charges of stealing, conspiracy,…
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Niger Averts Nationwide Protest By NURTW BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna
The intervention of Niger state government has saved the country from more troubles as it stopped the planned protest by major stakeholders in road transport business from grounding all activities across the country in protest against deplorable conditions of Nigerian roads. Members of the, Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Independent Petroleum Products Marketers…
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Flood kills Village head, 5 others in Niger BY MAIRIGA Juliana, Minna
No fewer than six (6) persons were confirmed dead in a flood that raked havoc in Mashegu and Borgu local governments of Niger State destroyed over 600 houses. According to report this occurred after a heavy down pour as the people of Ibbi town in Mashegu local government at night find the hall town in…
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Anti-corruption: GLOCCOLAC insists on Magu removal, commends Buhari
The Global Centre for Conscious Living Against Corruption (GLOCCOLAC) has commended the efforts by President Muhammadu Buhari to stamp out corruption in Nigeria but insisted that the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ibrahim Magu lacks the competence to pioneer the fight. They congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari for the wonderful…
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Umahi: Politics, Feats and Two Years of Radical Revolution
By Monica Ada Chidinma Eze, Prelude: The indefatigable Engr. David Nwaeze Umahi, FNSE, FNATE, who was inaugurated as the Governor of Ebonyi State on May 29, 2015 have spent two years in office by May 29, 2017. In a situation like this, it is imperative to examine and x-ray the feats or otherwise of whoever…
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Egoro Na Oka Community Sends Save Our Souls To Governor Obaseki
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City Residents of Egoro -Na-Oka Community in Esan West Local Government of Edo State have expressed concern over the deplorable state of the road that links them with neighboring Ekpoma Town. The residents complained of the non accessible situation of the road mostly at this peak of rainy season.…
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Pray For Buhari –Prophet Ojo
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City A Benin based cleric, Prophet Emmanuel Agge- Ojo has called on Nigerians to continue to pray for President Muhammadu Buhari to avert history repeating itself in the case of former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the then Vice- President Goodluck Jonathan in May, 2010. Prophet Agge – Ojo, General…
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N/Assembly Will Raise Teachers’ Retirement Age To 65
By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has assured Nigerian teachers that the National Assembly will increase their retirement age from 60 to 65 years to retain more experienced teachers in public schools. Speaking when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) who paid him a…
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Suspected Notorious Car Thief Arrested In Benin
By Ikhili Monday EBALU, Benin City The long hands of the law on Wednesday caught up with a suspected notorious car thief who was identified simply as Omobude, after he broke into a black Camry car parked in front of a bank along and began driving it away. The owner of the car marked Edo…
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Dogara Receives 72 More Bills from Committee on Review of Existing Laws and Law Reform
By Aaron Ossai The Committee on Review of Existing Laws and Law Reform set up by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, to review obsolete laws and review the nation’s statutes has presented another Set of 72 bills to the Speaker for passage into law. The team was led by the…